CORVALLIS, Ore. – Eating less meat and dairy products in favor of plant-based proteins like those found in grains, legumes and nuts could make a
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Computer-designed proteins protect lab-grown human cells from SARS-CoV-2
Computer-designed small proteins have now been shown to protect lab-grown human cells from SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The findings are reported past Sept.
COVID-19 patients suffer long-term lung and heart damage but it can improve with time
Researchers in the COVID-19 ‘hot spot’ in the Tyrolean region of Austria recruited consecutive coronavirus patients to their study, who were hospitalised at the University
The sleep you’re having right now tells you when and how fast Alzheimer’s will come
What would you do if you knew how long you had until Alzheimer’s disease set in? Don’t despair. New research from the University of California,
Coronavirus and antibodies can coexist in young patients
With many questions remaining around how children spread COVID-19, Children’s National Hospital researchers set out to improve the understanding of how long it takes pediatric
Why do most people mistrust government apps to track coronavirus outbreaks?
The higher the severity of an infection is thought to be, the greater the motivation is to socially distance. That is one result of a
Hubble has captured the most detailed image yet of a close neighbour of the Milky Way
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the most detailed image yet of a close neighbour of the Milky Way — the Triangulum Galaxy, a
Where will the world’s next Zika, West Nile or Dengue virus come from?
After collecting data and comparing it with every known mammal and bird species on Earth, scientists from the University of California, Davis, have identified wildlife
The opioid crisis: What we should learn from the AIDS epidemic
There are important lessons to be learned from the successes and failures of the AIDS response that could inform our response to the opioid epidemic,
Does mountaintop removal also remove rattlesnakes?
On the Cumberland Plateau in eastern Kentucky, surface coal mining is destroying ridgelines and mountaintops, and along with them, the habitat of a surprisingly